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The Political Case Against Out-Sized Executive Pay

Harvard Business Review

Finally, the Commission argues that the social case for addressing skyrocketing executive pay is to reduce societal instability (to the extent wealth disparities reflect lack of opportunity, this can lead to social unrest) and the undue political influence of the wealthy (who have out-sized access and voice in shaping public policy).

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business Review

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool. If an industrial product like a car fails the manufacturer pulls it back, tests it and, if necessary, re-equips it.

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Corporations Weren’t Designed to Run on Code

Harvard Business Review

This requirement is in their very DNA or, better, the code we programmed into them when we invented them; seeing as how that was close to 1,000 years ago, corporations have had a pretty long and successful run as the dominant business entity. It’s like big fish swallowing up smaller ones until only a few really big fish remain.

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Six Strategy Insights RIM's New CEO Can Use

Harvard Business Review

Is it Apple's consumer appeal, or the declining influence of corporate IT managers? RIM has made a shoot-for-the-moon bet on a new operating system to be released near the end of 2012, but in the interim it might have brought out simple, rugged tablets tailored to corporate customers.